St. Landry democrat., 1887-08-13


the world is governed too much. Senator
Reagan has written reply, expressing sur
prise and sorrow that Mr.. Davis should have
taken sides on the question, and saying that
the letter has cost prohibition thousands Of
votes in Texas.
Captain John Ericsson, inventor of the
famous ironclad Monitor, has celebrated his
eighty-fourth birthday at bs residence in
New York. He is said to be remarkably
sound in both physical and mental health.
Francis B. De Las Cassas an old and we'll
known citizen of Maiden, Mass, has died,
aged eighty-four years. He was born in
Spain, and was obliged early in life to emil
crate to Cuba, because of his advocacy of
constitutional government. In Cuba he
joined the struggle for Cuban autonomy,
and was compelled to fly to the United
States. He was afterward teacher in
Williams and Amherst Colleges, in Chauncey
Hall School and at Cambridge.
Oscar G. Sawyer, for nearly thirty years
connected with the New York Herald, has
died from the effects of heat.
w. C. Creamer, local editor of the Valley
Spirit, at Chambersburg, Pa, while sleeping
in a hammock, in thirdstory veranda,
fell from it to the yard below. His fall was
broken by contact with a grape arbor, but he
suffered severe injuries and will probably die.
Three children of Martin Dopp, in Harris
burg, were poisoned by eating sausage which
their father had bought in the market. The
youngest, John, aged two years, died in
about two hours, and the others were saved
with difficulty. The father took some of the
meat to the shop for lunch, but noticing that
it tasted queerly did not eat it. It is said
that the sausage was bought in Philadelphia
by the man who sold it to Dopp.
Two young ladies, Bessie Powers, of
Boston, and Anna Christian, of Prospect,
Nova Scotia, were drowned near Halifax by
the capsizing of a sail boat.
A fire at Pittsburg destroyed the packing
house, machine shops and mold-rooms of
King, Son & Co.'S glass factory and the
offices and warehouse Of S. Mckee & Co.,
glass manufacturers, opposite. The loss of
Mckee & Co. is estimated at 100000; of
King, Son e. Co., $4,000. The total insur-
ance is about $4,000. Two fremen were in
jured-one severely-by falling wall.
A building in Fort Wayne, Ind, occupied
by We'll Bros. & Co., dealers in hides, tallow
and wool, has been burned. The loss is
estimated at over $40, 900; insurance $4,000.
A falling wall caused the destruction Of
livery stable adjoining. Loss 81 900.
A telegram from Columbus Ga, says that
city is about the centre of district which
has suffered greatly from heavy rains that
set in recently. The loss to the farmers in
the region is estimated at 81 100000. Thou
sands of acres Of corn and cotton have been
ruined. At Augusta five inches of rain fell
in twenty-four hours, and the result was
great food in the Savannah river, which reg
stered thirty-three and half feet at Au-
gusta. As a consequence all the bottom
lands between that city and Savannah are
flooded. The western and southern sections
of Augusta wee flooded. and people were
forced to move into the eastern section. which
was higher. All the territory embraced be-
tween Schultz Hill, in South Carolina, Har-
risburg Hill. in Georgia, and Cumming sire ct
and the second level canal in Augusta, was
under water.
A heavy thunderstorm has passed over
Pittsburg. Streets and cellars were flooded,
and trees, fences and telegraphs were levelled
by the wind, while many small buildings
were damaged
A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by
hail and high wind. did great damage to the
CROPS in South Glastonbury, Conn, and
neighboring towns. Large trees were blown
down, and the river road was so washed as
to become impossible. A violent thunder
storm also visited Springfield, doing much
damage.
A telegram from Sarnia, Ontario, says that
"Booder' McGarigle. of Chicago, landed
there from the schooner Blake. The Blake
and Marsh were in the same tow, and while
in American waters the tug Oriole, with
Chicago detectives on board, steamed up to
the Marsh, apparently with the intention OF
having them drop the Blake's toW-lne.
After a short conversation the Blake's tow
line was let 60 but at the same time yawl
left the schooner with McGarigle and quickly
rowed for the Canada side, landing at Point
Edward.
Two mail coaches running between Austin
and Fredericksburg, Tex, were stopped by
a highwayman near Dripping Springs. The
mail pouches were rifled of their contents,
except the registered letters, which escaped
the notice of the robber. The highwayman
stopped the incoming driver near where he
was to meet the outgoing coach. He kept
him bound and gagged until the other driver
came up, when he also stopped him After
despoiling the mail pouches, the robber
mounted his horse and galloped off.
The annual camp meeting of the National
Prohibition Association has been held at
Decatur, Ill. Ex-Governor St. John, of
Kansas, and Mr.. Mills, Prohibition candi-
date for lieutenant governor of Ohio, made
addresses St. John said woman suffrage
was a success in Kansas and Mills predicted
a national victory for the Prohibition ticket
in 1892.
The Cincinnati Board of Trade and Trans
portation, at a special meeting, appointed
committee composed equally of Democrats
and Republicans, to cooperate with a SINH
lar committee from the Chamber of Com
merce in inviting President Cleveland to take
Cincinnati in his route when he visits the
West.
The foremast of the schooner Neptune of
st. John, New Brunswick was shattered by
lightning off the mouth of the Connecticut
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